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Christy     11 December 2001

The furthest I've been able to get is my great grandparents, John Madison & Mattie Barlow. I don't know Mattie's middle or maiden name. Their children were Glenn Stanley, Oscar, and Carrie. The only other info I have is on Glenn Stanley (5/3/13-3/?/66). He was my grandfatherfrom Johnson City, Tennessee. His children were James Stanley, Barbara Ann, Glenda Sue, Sandra Letitia, and Frieda Elaine. Any help or info would be appreciated.

Bettie H. Purcell    September 2001

John B. Barlow born January 17, 1853 Rhea Co Tennessee, died January 7, 1947 White Co Tennessee
He married 1st: Nancy Sparkman c1866, and had one son Titus born 1876 who married a Dillon
John married 2nd: Cynthia Ann Hill c1881, and had children:
Dewitt Clinton born March 10,1882 married Maude Spakes
Henry born c1885 married Dossie Spakes
Rachel born August 06, 1890 married W.E. Templeton
Sarah Jane born November 27,1893 married Titus Davis
Mintie Ethel born March 30, 1897 married Robert Hillis

I am searching for information on John's parents. I know he and Cynthia visited Faulkner Co Arkansas and some of their children were born there. For the most part, though, they lived either in Van Buren Co or White Co Tennessee. They are buried at Preston Heights Cemetery, Quebeck, White Co Tennessee. Would like to hear from others researching this line.   Thanks.

Also from Bettie  

David Barlow, b. 1803 North Carolina; wife Angeline M., found in 1850 census, Anderson Co Tennessee. 1860 census, Cherokee Co Alabama. Children Malinda, Leander, Margaret (Polly?) and John. Please contact me if you can share information on this family.

Steve Barlow 12 October 2001

I think my grandfather was originally from North Carolina. I know when he was a child he lived in Van Buren Co Tennessee. When a child he moved to Arkansas we know he lived in Bald Knob, Franklin Co Arkansas. When he was about 16 he moved back to Van Buren Co Tennessee in a covered wagon then to White Co Tennessee where he died in March of 1968.
Anonymous Dec 30th, 2001

Bettie H. Purcell replies:

Dewitt Clinton Barlow was the son of John Barlow and Cynthia Ann Hill of Van Buren Co Tennessee. John Barlow was the son of David and Angeline M. 'Matilda' Barlow of North Carolina. They are found in the 1840 census, Lumpkin Co Georgia; 1850 census, Anderson Co Tennessee; 1860 census, Cherokee Co Alabama, as well as Van Buren Co Tennessee census from 1880-1920. Your Dewitt Clinton Barlow is not to be confused with the Dewitt Clinton Barlow of Newton Co Arkansas who was the son of Dr. John Barlow. They may or may not have been cousins, etc. They were near the same age.

Gloria 'Birlew' Hursey     August 2001

Our line went with the spelling of BIRLEW.  Jane (?) Balew was in the 1830 Knox Co Tennessee census. She was my gr3 grandmother. Mr. Balew was deceased at the time of this census. Jane married a 2nd time, 1831, in Knox Co Tennessee to William Everett. After Jane and William Everett married, they moved to Marion Co Tennessee.

The first child I know of for Jane and Mr. Balew as my gr2grandfather, John Balew/Birlew born about 1810 in North Carolina. In 1838 he married Milbrey Robinson in Smith Co Tennessee. They moved to Christian Co Kentucky about 1848 where they are found in the 1850 census, and the mother, Jane (?) Balew-Everett is living with them. She was born 1790 in Kentucky. In 1853 they moved to Missouri, and Jane Balew-Everett went with them.

Can anyone identify with this Barlow-Birlew family?

Betty Willis     September 2000

I am trying to find information on my great-grandmother and my grandmother.  My great grandmother is Mary J. Shaver. She married Chafin Barlow. I don't know how many children they had except my grandmother Clara Florence Barlow.   She was born in Bristol, Sullivan Co Tennessee December 25, 1890.

I don't know if Chafin was my great grandfathers first or middle name. And I don't know where either was born. My grandmother married Robert Lee Smithers/Smothers from Grant Virginia.  They had eight children. Two died young about 1919. I'm not sure about the time.  That was in North Carolina.

If anyone can help, I would be most grateful.

Kathy Sorrells     April 2000

Anyone have any information on Ridley Asberry /Asbury Barlow? He died in December of 1961 and is buried at Allons Chapel in Hilham, Tennessee. He was married to Susie Carwile.

Margie Munson     February 2000

I am looking for my gggrandmother's people.   Her name was Mary Amelia Barlow, born May 03, 1814 in Duck Creek, Hancock Co Tennessee. She married John Teal and moved with him to Tilden, Texas where she died June 19, 1894.

I am looking for information on her parents, George Barlow and Mary Tucker.  I believe that George Barlow was from Georgia.

See: C.H. Teal, a biographical sketch for more about this family

Lin     February 2000

I have been searching this Barlow line for several years. I have learned that my great-grandfather's name is John Barlow from Tennessee ... I have been told that his wife, name unknown, died while giving birth. He left my grandfather with people named Duggins or Duggans and moved on to Texas where he remarried. They had another son named Stanhope Barlow.

I hope someone can help me with this ... don't have a clue as to what town he moved to. ..thanks...

North Carolina death records, only one Barlow born in Tennesse is listed below.  Perhaps he is your long lost relative.

Tate Houston Barlow born November 01, 1915 in Tennessee, and died March 02, 1987 in North Carolina

Emily      December 20 1999

Jeremiah Barlow, Private, Co A 10th IN Cavalry - 121st Volunteers, organized December 1863 to April 1864 at Columbus, Vincennes, Terre Haute, New Albany and Indianapolis Indiana, mustered out  August 31, 1865.

I do not know the names of his parents or siblings but wish I did. He shows up in the 1850 census as a five year old boy, living with my g3grandparents who were 70 years old at the time.  Does anyone know more about this family?   Thanks.

Rosemary    August 1999

My gr-grandfather, Daniel Barlow, was the son of Alfred Barlow and Martha Gilbert.  He is listed in the 1880 census of Lincoln Co Arkansas, at age 19, living with his parents.  It shows him to be born in Tennessee, and Alfred, born in North Carolina is of the Wilkes Co bunch.

Other children of Alfred and Martha are John and Martha, both born in Arkansas.

Daniel married Rosanna Carnley/Conley in Lincoln Co Arkansas on September 21, 1884 or 1885. Their children include: John, Selma, Georgia Ann, Austin, and Samuel Emmett...aka Emmett.

John is my grandfather, he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1890's.

Rosanna is said to be born in Lincoln Co Arkansas, but I am told court records as well as the federal census for 1900 were burned.

Rosanna wound up in Washington, and then Oregon, and is shown to be married to a Thompson. What happened to Daniel is not known. Did they divorce, did Daniel die? I have put out several queries, but Daniel seems to be a lost sheep...

See: Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel Barlow

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Joseph Barlow, born 1801 in Shelby Co Tennessee, and died 1871 in Walshville Illinois.  He married 1838 in Illinois to Nancy Jane Blair.  She was born 1821 in Illinois.

Children, all born in Illinois, are:  Eliza Jane 'Lisa', born 1839, Joseph Bone, born 1840, Phebe, born 1841, Martha Knight, born 1844, Sinia Jane, born 1846, Frances Ewing born 1847, married Erustas Melvin Root,  Thomas Morgan, born 1851, Alicinda 'Alice', born 1852 Illinois, and Eurhrates Lee, born 1856.

Joseph Barlows parents are Thomas and Elizabeth Nicholas Barlow.  Thomas was born 1760 in Scotland, and Elizabeth born 1767, probably in Virginia.  Children of Thomas and Elizabeth are  Catherine, born 1780/90, James born 1790/1800, Tennessee, John Nicholas, born 1797, North Carolina, Sarah G., born 1802 Tennessee, Emily, born 1803 Tennessee, Elizabeth, born 1800/1810, Tennessee, Mary, born 1807, Tennessee married James Bostick in Illinois, and William, born 1800/1810.

The family went back to Illinois after Thomas died 1820/25 in Memphis Tennessee.

Cheryl

Martha BARLOW -no other info- married to William PLEASANT. They had a daughter Martha "Patsy" PLEASANT who was born abt 1793 in NC. Martha "Patsy" married 05 December 1816 in Caswell Co North Carolina to John RASCOE. 

I have quite a bit on Martha "Patsy" descendants. The Barlow-Pleasant moved from North Carolina to White Co Tennessee.

David Clark Cummings

I'm researching the CUMMINGS/CUMMINS family from central Tennessee and Virginia.  At present I have the line traced back to Malachi, born about 1744 in Fauquier Co Virginia and died in White Co Tennessee. The line may go back to William Cummyne, about 1583, but I have no positive documentation yet.

Other names I'm researching include MCCORMACK/MCCORMICK, GUY, BARLOW, DODSON, GRISSOM, DENTON, HODGES, HORTON, SHOCKLEY, BAKER, MEDLEY and SPARKMAN.   All from Central Tennessee- White, Warren, Van Buren Counties- I have about six thousand names in my files and am happy to trade information.

Sherry Niehaus

Richard Barlow born, probably in Tennessee in 1855 and died in Cleburne Co Arkansas in 1914. Land records from Cleburne Co Arkansas in 1901, shows a Richard Barlow to have bought land at that time.

He may have been married 2 or 3 times. One wife, Alice Grissom/Grisham had previously been married to John Grissom.

Anyone having more information on the family of Richard, please contact me. Thanks.

Richard McCormick

Families of Overton, Jackson, Putnam, and White Co Tennessee

Eliphalet Barlow was born in Wilkes Co NC and was last found in Wilkes Co on the 1830 census. On the 1840 and 1850 census he was a resident of Greene Co Tennessee.   By 1860 he had moved to Overton Co Tennessee and died there before the 1880 census.

See more of this family:  Eliphalet and Mildred Barlow

Mary Couch


This family born and lived in Greene and Hawkins Co Tennessee

George H. Barlow was born in August 1854, and died about 1941.   He married Elizabeth 'Callie' Day on 09 October 1873.

Their children, all born in Tennessee, were Margaret Eliza, born July 1874, Nancy C., born 1877, Charles T., born August 1879, Hannah E., born December 1879, Joel P., born February 1881, Edward F., born September 1884, Homer C., born July 1888, Etter A., born July 1891, and Looney B., born October 1895.

I would love to make connections with any of his children, there is a double connection to the Couch line. Some of his children settles in North Carolina.

Parents of George H. Barlow were James Barlow and Catherine Nichols.

From the book 'Bunches of Barlows' by John Hawkins, children of James and Catherine are:   Charles C., Nancy M., George H., Mary J., Sarah M., William Henry, and Alfred Thomas Barlow.

The parents of Elizabeth Day were William Day and Mariah Couch. The parents of Mariah were Peter Couch Sr. and Mary Osburn.

See more of this family: 

Nancy Boon

According to material from Reba Mathis, the Barlow family can be traced back to Thomas Barlow, born about 1760, probably in Scotland. He came to America before the Revolutionary War. He married Elizabeth Nicholas who was born in 1787. The family lived in White Co Illinois in 1818 and in Shelby Co Tennessee in 1820. Thomas died before 1825 in Shelby Co Tennessee and is buried there.   Elizabeth Barlow moved to Montgomery Co Illinois with her four sons in 1825.

See more of this family:  Thomas Barlow and Elizabeth Nicholas

Robyn Barlow Taylor

I’m looking for information on Ruth Pace, John Joseph Pace Barlow - Whitecloud, (we think he was born before Ruth married Billy Whitecloud), and Billie Ruth Barlow-Whitecloud. Billie Ruth lived at the Ashley Hotel, in Manhattan - NY City, married to William Moncrief in the 1950’s. The family lost track of her there. Rumor has it, she was gunned down in a gang battle between 1958-1965. I have no proof of this today. Her maiden name is BARLOW-WHITE CLOUD. She married Horace BLACKSTOCK of Mobile, Alabama in 1942, living in the Dr. Parish Bed and Meal House in Midland, Alabama, then left him in 1944 to go to New York.

She married William MONCRIEF, who was older then her. She changed her name to "GAIL" Blackstock or Moncrief. She was an entertainer, singing in Nightclub’s in New York during this time. She is originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where she was born on February 23, 1925. Her mother was Ruth Pace married to Dr. Billy B. Barlow-White Cloud, an Indian Medicine Man. Ruth Pace Barlow died in 1932 in Philadelphia, Mississippi on the Choctaw Reservation. Billie Ruth and her 1/2 brother, John Joseph "Jack" Barlow were placed in the St. Mary Orphanage in Nashville Tennessee from 1936-1941. I have been unable to trace her whereabouts. They had a cousin by the name of Mary Verlee Dunn, who lived across the street from them in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as children, but I can’t find anything on her either.

If anyone out there knows how I can do this, or knows anything about this, please e-mail me or call (717) 843-3081. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Gerald L. Housman    Bartlesville, Oklahoma

My mother was a Barlow and I have quite a bit of Barlow information. My ancestor was Alfred Hirton Barlow born abt 1815 in North Carolina. He moved to Rutherford Co Tennessee and married Elizabeth Gibson in 1834. They moved to Newton Co Missouri about 1839.

See more of this family:  Alfred Hirton Barlow

Vicky Brady

Looking for information about John BARLOW born c1795-1800 North Carolina, wife UNKNOWN.

Children:

William born 1815 North Carolina. died 1865 Gibson Co Tennessee
He married 05 December 1837 Rutherford Co Tennessee, Elizabeth Hall
Carrie born 1818 died Rutherford Co Tennessee
Cyrus Yancey born 07 Sept 1820 Mecklenburg Co NC, died 30 January 1901 Lacled Co Missouri
He married 06 Oct 1847 Rutherford Co Tennessee Nancy McDaniels
Kendall b. 1826   married 12 August 1847 Rutherford Co Tennessee Nancy Garner
Fannie
Louise
Alfred born c1814 Wilkes Co North Carolina died 06 February 1900 McDonald Co Missouri
He married 23 June 1834 Rutherford Co Tennessee Elizabeth Gibson
John J. born 08 October 1819 North Carolina  died 09 August 1888 Neosho, Newton Co Missouri.
He married 1847 Newton Co Missouri Avaline Price
Jane born c1822 Wilkes Co North Carolina
Micheal Thomas born 1823 Wilkes Co North Carolina
Willis Sowell born 1828 died 26 June 1883 Booneville, Arkansas

See more of this family:  Alfred Hirton Barlow

Charles A. Wall, Jr.

I have several Barlow's in my database which are the middle names of of our Treadwells.... I believe they were from Mississippi and settled in Tennessee, where a high school is named after Arthur Barlow Treadwell  ... Don't know where the Barlow name came in...

Frank E. Brown

William Finley Cowden and Lydia Margaret Dellaplane, parents of Sophronia Angeline 'Cowden' Nicholson. William was born about 1838, possibly in Tennessee, died at Pottawatomie Co Oklahoma. William had several brothers who also settled in Pottawatomie Co Oklahoma.   Their mother's name was BARLOW.

Lydia Margaret died when Saphronia was 3 years old. William married a Widow Walker, who had 2 sons and a daughter. Does anyone have any data on Lydia's father John Dellaplane, who supposedly died in Polk Co Missouri, or her mother, Orpha Overturf.

This is just a something I found in my files. I don't know if it is a family, a cemetery record or what. but maybe someone can use the information

Claiborne Co Tennessee
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
BARLOW Jonathan 22 Mar 1820 15-Mar-1903 Nancy Unknown
BARLOW Mary 27 Aug 1877 26-Jan-1968 Unknown BUNDREN
BARLOW Sarah "Sallie" 01 Sep 1832 10-Apr-1904 Samuel McCLURE
BARLOW Siller about 1860 *** Daniel HERRELL

Jim Baker

I have been trying to find the family of my great grandfather ... His name was George Washington Barlow born 08 July 1858 Westmoreland Sumner Co Tennessee, died 02 September 1925.  He married to Mattie Elizabeth Gibson, 29 November 1882 in Moulton Alabama.  George was a medical doctor, and got his medical license from Louisville Medical Institute  His son, my grandfather was James Demetrious Barlow

I'm looking for verification and more information on this family and would love to hear from other researchers... Can you help?

See more of this family:  Robert T. Barlow

Betty Willis      October 2000

Looking for any information I can find on my grandmothers parents. Chafin Barlow and Mary Jane Shaver. They were from Tennessee. I don't know where they came from originally. I do know my g-mother was born in Bristol, Sullivan Co Tennessee in 1890. Her name is Clara Florence Barlow. She married Robert Lee Smithers. He was from Grant, Grayson Co Virginia. I never heard anyone mention brothers or sisters but I believe she had some. This is a complete brick wall for me. It feels like they never existed. I have always been told my g-mother was Indian or part Indian.

Vickie Ivey     09 September 1999

Looking for information about the family of W.D. BARLOW, b. May 1864 in Texas. I found him on the 1900 Carroll Co Tennessee census index, which lists his wife as Martha, b. Sep 1857 in Tennessee.  Their children are: Clyde (my great-grandfather, I think) b. 1888 in Tennessee, a daughter (whose name I can't quite read, but might start with an"L") b. 1890 in Tennessee, George b. 1893 in Tennessee, and Ruby b. 1897 in Tennessee. There are also 2 stepsons listed: B.W. Houston, b.1877 in Tennessee, and R.E. Houston, b. 1881 in Tennessee.

Any little bit of info would be appreciated! I'd like to find out his wife's maiden name, which could possibly be Travis, and what his initials stand for. According to my grandmother, he went by the name "Babe." I did find a Babe Barlow on a 1891 Voters List for Carroll Co Tennessee, and I'd like to know if these are actually two different people.

Betty Williams     17 April 1999

My GGGgrandmother is Edna Barlow. She married a Thompson sometime between 1845-55.   Their children were born in Covington, Tipton Co Tennessee, the names of the ones I know of are: William Smith Thompson (my gggrandfather) James; Kate and Nora.

Ruth   March 1999

We are trying to find information on Sallie Barlow born December 25, 1816 either in Tennessee or Missouri, not for sure where. Any information would help we would like to know the name of her mother and father.

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